William Hampton[1] died at age 12 from an accidental gunshot while playing with his friend Lawrence Wainscot and Lawrence's brothers.[2] He was buried in Ashville, North Carolina[3].
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC6D-4MC : 20 August 2017), Willie B Hampton in household of J M Hampton, Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 34, sheet 135B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0954; FHL microfilm 1,254,954.
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